[theotherstevejobs @ Aug 7th 2007 10:43AM]

seriously...

when are they going to bring out the Wii here in America? I've been looking for 6 months, and not a single retailer has had them in stock the 20 times i've looked. They have the games, for some reason, but i don't know why - its not as if anyone can find them.

its one thing to have a smash hit... its totally another to simply bullcrap us all with limited supplies so that you can't get them for 6 months.

[Darren @ Aug 7th 2007 10:40AM]

Couldn't agree more.

Our family just snagged one two weeks ago after searching for months by pure luck -- just walked into a store at the right moment.

Best of luck hunting one down.

[FRiC @ Aug 7th 2007 11:10AM]

The Asians are probably hogging all of them. I can walk into any electronics store here and pick up a Wii, and I can choose if I want a Japanese or US unit, pre-modififed. They're not selling very fast since most people are still buying PS2's.

[Dale @ Aug 7th 2007 11:11AM]

I've been searching since they came out. In the end, I decided to bite the bullet and go for one of the Walmart bundles (don't laugh!) and it came almost immediately.

For $630 including UPS shipping and taxes, I got the Wii itself, an extra Wiimote and nunchuck, a wireless sensor bar, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Elebits, Excite Truck and Super Paper Mario.

I half resent being forced to buy a bundle, but they're all items I would have bought anyway, unlike some of the junk in other companies's bundles.

[bpc @ Aug 7th 2007 11:25AM]

I signed up for WiiHunt alerts and picked up my Wii from Amazon after being email-alerted back in May. I usually get one or two messages a week saying that Amazon has Wiis on sale. Be ready to jump on it fast, though, as they usually sell out within 10 or 15 minutes.

[hypereric @ Aug 7th 2007 11:47AM]

i went hunting for an elite a couple of weeks ago, and ended up finding one at a target, which had one and ONE wii. target seems to be a place alot of people don't think about. on an added note: i had a wii, and while it was fun, im just more into sitting on my butt and moving just my fingers after work, so i got rid of it. look for used wii's as well, as another poster on this thread is talking about getting rid of one as well.

[allaina @ Aug 7th 2007 11:06PM]

try checking your local target. i know, sounds weird.

we had TEN yesterday morning in milford, oh.

we get them EVERY monday and friday at my store, or have been for the past six weeks or so.

try checking, i'm going to assume that since we're so strict about being the same (other than prices intra-district wise) that you can find one, once you figure out the schedule. it may even be the same as ours (monday and friday.)

[R1cebrner @ Aug 7th 2007 12:01PM]

My local target had 4 of them yesterday, its in dover de, don't know how far that is for you

[mooky @ Aug 7th 2007 1:02PM]

A new Best Buy opened up in my area not too long ago with 250 Wii's in stock. It took about two weeks to sell out. I'm seeing a single Wii at Target and Walmart more often than not lately. So they are out there.